Improved car-coupling



HENRY R. HOWE, or H RTWICK, NEW YORK.

' Leam Patent No. 86,673, dated Februamy 9, 1869.

IMPROVED CAR-COUPLING.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern.-

A is the buffer, constructed with a flaring mouth, to

receivethe link when the cars are brought together.

B is the platform or end of the car.

E is-a block, constructed to operate in a suitable,

hollow cavity inside the buffer. It has a slot or mortise cut in it,through which a pin is inserted, to keep it in position, and allow it tooperate the required dis tance. I I A i G is a coiled spring, or itsequivalent, in the cavity of the bufl'er behind block E, to operate saidblock.

O is the link by which the cars are connected.

D is the pin, which passes through the link,lto' connect it to the car.Said pin can be madeof any-shape desired. j

H is a socket, to hold the pin D in position when it israised out of thelink.

N is a tongue in the mouth of the buifer. has

small-block, or its equivalent, in the centre of the front end, whichrises inside the link, to prevent said link from turning laterally outof position, whennotattachedto both cars. Said tongue is constructed andarranged to guide and operatethe linkwhile the cars are being coupledtogether. V

I I are arms, connected to the tongue, by which it is operated.

L is a jointed lever", of any suitable construction, which extendsacross the width of the car, so that it can be used from either side ofsaid car. Said lever operates the pin D and the tongue N. It is soconstructed, that, when the pin D is raised out of the link, the ends orhandles of said lever will rest down in the desired position.

K K are arms, in front of the platform,with the end turned up, forming,in connection with the sliding jaws O O, a receptacle to support andhold the lever L in position.

P P are chains, or their equivalents, which connect the'arms II andsliding jaws O O.

R R are braces, which support the arms K K. S is a rod or pin, with asocket-head, by which pin D and lever L'are connected.

Rod S and arms K K have coiled springs upon them, or their equivalents,to force forward the lever L to its right position, after being drawnback to raise and guide the link. I

To operate this invention, raise up the pin D by the lever L,sufl'iciently high to permit the block E to come under the said pin,which uncouples the cars, and leaves the pin in the correct position forcoupling. Put down the lever into its receptacle on arm K, where it willremain until it is needed to be used in recoupling.

To couple the cars, draw back the lever on the bufi'er that has the linkin it, which forces back the jaw 0,

draws hack the arm I, by the chain P, and thereby raises the tongue andlink, and thus with the lever you guide the link into the mouth of thebuffer on the car to be attached, and the end of said link strikesagainst the end of block E, forces it back, and permits the pin D todrop into the link, and the cars are coupled; and

it can be done from either side of the cars without going between them.I v

I do not claim the whole of this coupling to be new and independent ofthat for which Letters Patent of the United States were granted unto me,on the 28th day of July, 1868, but rather an improvement on thatcontained inthe aforesaid patent, dispensing with the large, heavysprings under the buffer, while the block E and spring G, in the cavityof the buffer, are the same, and the Eongue nearly the same as in myformer patent; thereore,

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The construction and combination of lever L, rod S, pin D, socket H,arms I and K, and chain P, or their equivalents, connected with block E,spring G, tongue N, link 0, and buffer A, arranged as described and setforth, for the purpose specified, Witnesses: HENRY R. 'HOWE.

, SAMUEL HARPER,

CHARLES W. SMITH.

